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D i s co v e r N at u r e 36 Riverbank Discovery Centre Knowledge is power, Learning is fun >>At the Riverbank Discovery Centre — It's Brandon's version of Central Park, a stretch of riverbank park space that provides a peaceful place for families and visitors to hang out and stay healthy. Home to the Brandon & Region Tourism Centre, THe Legend of the THunderbird >>Thunderbird Nest — According to First Nations lore, the Thunderbird was a creature possessing supernatural strength and power, so it's only fitting that its nest would be strong enough to survive the centuries. Believed to have been built as a means of attracting the great Thunderbird as a spirit guardian, this rock formation near Alonsa now serves as a popular tourist spot. The site includes scenic walking trails, a rest area for picnics, and interpretive signs explaining the legend of the Thunderbird, and is still used for sacred ceremonies by the Anishnabe people. and to the preservation group Brandon Riverbank Inc., the Riverbank Discovery Centre offers travel information and souvenirs and also serves as starting point to the extensive Assiniboine Riverwalk Trail system, which includes pathways and parks linked to the Red Willow Pedestrian Bridge. Enjoy Canada Day celebrations, farmers' markets, charity walks and weddings, or take a self-guided tour around adjacent interpretive ponds. www.riverbank.mb.ca. STicks & SToNes… >>Stott Site (PHS) — To the untrained Buildings & Bones >> Kaleida Settlement — Tour eye, it looks like a section of the windswept grain elevators, stone steep slope and flat floodplain of the churches, and a cemetery built more than Assiniboine River Valley, but this spot 120 years ago — marked by gravestones is also an archealogical bison kill area honouring some of the province's earliest where bones and artifacts at least 1,200 pioneers. To the south, enjoy sweeping years old have been found — not to views of the pastoral Pembina River mention a tangible link to First Nation Valley, and just outside town, hang on for traditions and hunting methods. your life at Hy-Wire Zipline Adventures (hywirezipline.ca).